the fbi says army sergeant ekika kang pledged his allegiance to isis and helped purchase a drone for isis to use against american forces. the 34-year-old kang served tours in iraq and afghanistan and was highly decorated. once awarded the global war on terrorism service medal. >>> slightly cooler temperatures are helping fire crews wage war on the dozens of wildfires scorching parts of the west but containment is still a long way off for some including two major wildfires in southern california that have gutted more than 20 structures and forced thousands of people from their homes. fire crews could be further hampered by incoming storms with the potential to spark new fires. now here's a look at today's weather. >> good morning, the interior continues to sizzle. staying hot in utah, nevada, california, as well as arizona. this week we'll have a few isolated thunderstorms but not enough to impact all the fires we're struggling with with locally gusty winds that will make parched conditions drier or dustier. then the same dangerous heat will move to the north creating fire dangers to

the fbi said the incident does not appear to be a national security threat. two people including the flight attendant were injured, but they are expected to be okay. it's not clear what kicked off the incident. >>> new, yet another reason to lock your car door, you never know whose going to get inside, a man's car was trashed parked in california over the weekend. the owner said he left the car unlocked and bear climbed inside and got stuck. the bear tore the interior a part before it escaped. >> i think it is a given that the bear was getting out of that car one way or the other, and that was his one way. >>> a new list reveals the top company to work for. >> qvc is buying a rival company. he first year. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years. all with a 2-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com. 7s, we should be doing well this morning, r

. >> a suspect in fbi custody now after a death on a cruise ship. that a 39-year-old woman from utah died after a domestic dispute on the emerald princess. witnesses say they heard a woman scream from balcony and a man threatening to jump overboard. all 4500 passengers were interviewed before being allowed off the ship. >> justin bieber was caught on video accidentally striking a paparazzi last night. as the 23-year-old left the parking lot he collided with the photographer and did stay on the scene for 10 minutes and the injuries were not life tl life-threatening of this after he canceled the rest of his tour due to unforeseen circumstances. >>> new video of a helicopter crew lifting a 12-year-old boy and his father to safety after being trapped by flash flooding in arizona. among eight hikers that got stuck on a cliff. most of the group was rescued on sunday and they had to wait for the next day to safely reach father and son. >> coming up a new study says that common medical advice about antibiotics is wrong and where exprts want to change the wa

the fbi, state police and local agencies are involved in this search. they've been focusing on a property up the way here on lower york road in solebury township. it's owned by sandra dinardo a relative of a man arrested yesterday on an unrelated gun charge. 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township, mean-year-old jimi patrick of newtown, 22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing since last week and the district attorney believes foul play is involved. investigators have been looking at different properties saying they are chasing hot leads but there are a lot of questions we don't know the answer to at this point including how these men know each other, what their relationship could be. the district attorney has been in touch with their families. >> i have spoken to all of the families of the four young men. they're very prayerful. they're very, very anxious, they're fearful but they maintain some hope and i think that that is the position that they want to stay in at this point. >> reporter:

the fbi and homeland security on the hunt for the attackers. the fear this morning that a foreign country might be trying to cause a blackout in the u.s. >>> agony on the court. a top american tennis player collapses at wimbled

brady the question is he caught in the fbi's headlights? >> the office does not comment on ongoing investigations. >> the question was about veteran congressman, bob brady, he is under investigation by the fbi in the wake a guilty plea by this woman. reverend carolyn. she admitted to her role and trying to conceal it. she was an aide of jimmy moore challenging brady in the primary but eventually $90,000 was transferred from accounts -- >> and falsifying the reports and reports related to the fact that one individual who was running for congress, paid off the campaign expenses of his opponent in order to get his opponent to exit the race. >> today congressman brady's lawyer issued this statement saying he did nothing wrong and is cooperating. that his campaign committee purchased a former poll and hired his campaign manager to assist in the general election. legal expers say if there was wrong doing by brady they need her or other aides to cooperate. >> it appears to be that before the government could make a case against the congressman, it

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if it was an fbi agent that did it, they would be investigated by the fbi. maybe they are. i don't know. we can't make that determination. certainly not public. i think it has to be done. an illegally leaked memo of conversations he had with the president of the united states was the basis for which a special counsel was put in place. and let me also say this. that conversation would have been covered by executive privilege. james comey ignored that. did not give the president or anyone else at that point, when he leaked the information, the opportunity to assert the privilege. i think that was not only a dare lix of his duties, but a violation of his couldn't constitutional oath. >> that's all we have time for today. it's an open question whether it was illegal. he says it's not classified. the president did not claim privilege over comey's testimony. thank you for your time this morning. >> four of those documents have been deemed classified, george. it doesn't have to be classified to be illegally leaked. under section 641 of the criminal code. government property. >> ja

. >> reporter: the fbi says christensen a former teaching assistant who earlier this year earned a masters degree in physics told him he offered zhang a ride as seen here in this surveillance video taken three weeks ago, the last time she was seen alive but christensen says he let her out after she became panicked when he said he made a wrong turn. >> everybody is stunned. i've gotten many, many e-mails from graduate students and faculty expressing disbelief. >> reporter: investigators say christensen recently visited a sexual fetish website on his phone visiting a forum called abduction 101 containing subthreads called perfect abduction fantasy and planning a kidnapping. >> as long as everyone keeps an open mind and listens to the evidence and doesn't jump to any conclusions i think that will be for the best. >> reporter: for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> we want to thank alex for his reporting and bring in callahan walsh, he is a child advocate at the national center for missing & exploited children. welcome to you, callahan. thanks for joining us. we want to

many, many agencies are involved trying to find them, that includes the fbi. over the last 24 hours we've seen a whirlwind of activity. police executed a search warrant in this home in solbury township. it is connected to the four males, jimi tar patrick, dean finocchiaro, mark sturgis, and tom meo. a command unit is set up outside. the severity of the situation is climbing. the bucks county d.a. is asking for the community's prayers moving forward. >> at this point i just ask for your patience and your prayers for these four young men and please let us do our jobs. >> reporter: we did speak with the father of mark sturgis by phone. he confirmed that his son's was found at peddlers village. he said he was with tom meo at the time. the d.a. confirmed the four males know each other. >> we have information that they know each other. >> reporter: it's all hands on deck to find them, but could not confirm all four are alive. >> i can't say we hope and pray they are, but we need to go with the investigation leads us. >> regardless of what happens today, the d.a. sai

. >> reporter: former fbi agent steve gomez, now an abc news consultant, says the cartels do not tolerate failure. >> a lot of times they don't even wanna hear the excuse. they'll just kill everybody and make an example. >> reporter: so he's in a bad place? >> a very bad place. >> reporter: so now, velazquez is about to get one last chance to bluff his way out of his predicament, to prove what's in the bottle is not drugs, as the family lawyer took us through the video. >> cruz now points at the bottle, and she's saying, "okay, drink it." and she makes the gesture that we associate with "to drink." now, watch the male agent. he says, "drink another one." you see them exchanging glances and smiles, because they know what's going on. this is a game in which he's being played with by these officers. they want to see what his reaction is. they're playing with him, and they think it's funny. >> reporter: perallon later claimed he always thought it was just juice. but tests will show that what cruz swallowed -- what was in the bottle -- was more than one hundred times greater than a typical dos

lashed out at the top leaders in the justice department, the deputy attorney general and the acting fbi director. and he attacked the man spearheading the russia investigation, special counsel robert mueller, warning mueller would cross a red line if he probed trump family finances, not tied to russia. >> i think that's a violation, look this is about russia! >> reporter: but the president stopped short of saying he would fire mueller if he crosses that red line. so today we asked the white house. today, that should not be viewed as a threat, as a warning, to what this special counsel should or should not be looking at. as it relates to presidents and the family finances. >> the president's making clear that the special counsel should not move outside of the scope of the investigation. >> so let's get to cecilia vega live at the white house, and cecile gentleman, those words right there, that the special counsel should not move outside the scope of the investigation. sounded a lot like she was doubling down on what the president said. stay away from the family finances. >> reporter: sar

. >> reporter: the last time trump met with russian officials was the day after he fired former fbi director james comey. captured in pictures from russian media laughing in the oval office while the american press were kept out. tom bossert the white house homeland security and counter terrorism adviser. >> he should also take opportunities to partner with them in ways to help us defeat isis and prevent the syrians from using chemical weaponsism the president will deal with a number of issues during his trip including european security climate change and trade deals all while still battling the bipartisan backlash over his use of twitter back here at home. reporting live from washington, janai norman channel6 "action news." rick, back to you. >> jenae thank you for that report. >>> back here also speaking of the president, ahead of his first fourth of july at the white house president trump will taking aim at the mainstream media. the president sparked more bipartisan backlash with another controversial tweet. a video of him body slamming a man with the cnn logo imposed over his face. he co

received, that they should alert the fbi rather than accept that meeting. is he wrong? also, were you misled by juyour team in not knowing about this meeting? >> my son is a wonderful young man. he took a meeting with a russian lawyer, not a government lawyer, but a russian lawyer. it was a short meeting. i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. >> reporter: but in those e-mails, it was crystal clear. don jr. agreed to meet with a quote, russian government attorney, whom he was told had incriminating information on hillary clinton, information described to don jr. as part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. >> nothing came of the meeting. and i think it's a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. >> reporter: in pairs, trump's new-found friendship with the french president on display, but it wasn't always that way. >> congratulations, great job. >> reporter: starting with that handshake tug-of-war during their first meeting,

attorney's office and the fbi to hurry up in a pay to play scheme at allentown city hall. the mayor who is running for a 4th term in november has maintained all along he has done nothing wrong. >>> wildwood police surprised a 9-year-old l-year-old boy fighting a rare disease and have dreams of becoming a police officer. >> everybody here when you become a police officer had to take an oath of office. would you like to take the oath of office and be a wildwood police officer? >> yes. >> okay. >> reporter: the chief officially civil war ethan cranic in as a wildwood police officer. he was invited to be part of the department 2017 staff photo, pretty cool. >> we continue to follow breaking news, a deadly stabbing leaves a woman dead and her daughter injured we have a live report. >>> see what sparked this violent fight, a man breaks out a machete on a new york city street while another armed himself with a trash can. >>> a teenager is seriously injured trying to jump on a train, hear from his family next. >> good morning it is 5:00 a.m., thursday, july 20 we're following brea

call 1-800-call-fbi and hit option 7 or go online to tips.fbi.gov. and we'll bring you updates on the search for more bodies on air and online at 6abc.com. >>> turning now to another big story. the dangerously hot weather. lets turn to adam joseph with when the oppressive heat will break. >> the oppressive park will break but uncoverage tomorrow and big changes by the weekend. and storms are popping across the area because of the intense heat and humidity. stormtracker 6 live double scan a severe thunderstorm is working into parts of berks county just to the north and west of hamburg, pottsville and dangerous lightning and winds possibly up to 60 miles per hour with that storm. in addition to that, we take a look at satellite and radar and more off to the north and that continues to pinwheel through the region and downpours popping in chester county and montgomery county and a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for all the areas highlighted in yellow at 9:00 and does not include the state of delaware or extreme south jersey or the shore. even there

have a tip line for any information in the investigation, call the fbi and choose option 7. or go to fbi.gov online. >>> president trump is taking participant in about a steel day in par owe bastille day in paris. new this morning arc federal judge is loosening the trump administration travel ban it allows grandparents of anyone legally in the u.s. into the county. it prevented foreigners from 6 predominantly muslim countries from coming into the u.s. hawaii said it wrongly excluded close relatives like grandparents. >>> a traveling vietnam memorial will be on display in bucks county. it's a slightly smaller replica like the one in washington, d.c. it was brought here in pieces. over the last few days, dozens put it back together at the pen dell memorial ball field. it will be open to the public beginning at 9:00 a.m. this morning. >> you know, david we've been looking at sky6 live hd pictures from around the region. it's gray and muggy and not as nice out there. >> reporter: still muggy and not not -- and a chance of storms. we see green and yellow on the radar. looking liv

those remains were in a deep grave on the farm where the fbi has been searching. so far they've identify one of the young men who has been missing since last week. 19 year old dean fee know char owe. and officials believe they've already identified a suspect. cosmo dinardo, the son of the owners of that property. >> i feel that we bought ourself an a little bit of time in charging mr. dinardo with the stolen car case today and getting that $5 million bail. it is my hope that he does not post that. but that's his prerogative, of course, if he can post it. but we are going to look seriously at homicide charges and in fact we have pursued that option. >> and the district attorney wouldn't say if he believed more than one person was involved. >> and the grave was discovered by cadaver dogs, and they were amazed that three could find bodies that were buried 12 and a half feet underground. >>> and president trump faces scrutiny. he says he didn't blame his son for holding the many, claiming many would do the same and called the russian probe a witch hunt. the trofr is f

the fbi and authorities digging and putting up tents, searching for four young men. a former baseball player, two of them construction workers, and tonight, person of interest now under arrest. >>> severe storms at rush hour after tornadoes already reported and this lightning at chicago's o'hare

now the fbi is hunting for him. everybody's hunting for him. >> south beach was -- >> shooting occurred on the front steps of his ornate mansion -- >> reporter: versace's murder kicked off a media frenzy. >> hundreds of tourists and local residents continue a pilgrimage to the home of gianni versace. >> reporter: that's me 20 years ago on one of my first big assignments for abc news. there was also a frenzy of speculation over whether versace and cunanan could be connected. >> our best witness, i would say, was his partner. he said that they never knew each other. in my heart i feel something must have happened at some point between the two. >> he supposedly met him at some sort of backstage or private cocktail party. it was very, very brief. and you know, it's very possible that they did have some sort of intimate relationship. >> so when you heard he was accused of killing versace, what went through your mind? >> i wasn't surprised at all. >> reporter: eight days after the shooting investigators track cunanan to a

the acting fbi director. he also slammed james comey, the former fbi director who he fired in may saying comey's testimony on capitol hill was, quote, loaded with lies. now, in a lighter moment the president also addressed that lengthy handshake with the french president emmanuel macron saying, quote, he is a great guy, straight, strong, and loves holding my hand. he noted he enjoyed the bastille day military parade in paris and would like to see something similar on pennsylvania avenue. >> emily rau in washington. becoming phone for his handshakes. >> also interesting during the interview his granddaughter walked in and spoke chinese. ivanka's daughter, pretty interesting moment. >>> one of the president's closest confident is heading to capitol hill as the probe moves forward. jared kushner is set to appear before the senate intelligence committee on monday behind closed doors. and the senate judiciary committee has asked donald trump jr. and former campaign chairman paul manafort to testify next week but t

the fbi investigating multiple reports of sightings of yingying zhang in salem, illinois. more than 100 miles from the spot she was last seen back in june. >>> also our weekend kicking off in miami, the mlb showcasing its new talent at tonight's futures game and after that, hollywood heavy hitters will take to the plate. >> the all-star game is tuesday, a bit of a change this year. we were talking about this in the break. typically one of the big reasons to watch the all-star game, it determined home field advantage in the world series. not anymore. not anymore, folks. >> you're saying there's no reason to watch anymore. >> no, there's always a reason to check. >> just checking. >> home run derby on monday. >> that's right. >>> all right, we're going to turn this half hour to the tragedy, though, at a music festival the moment a stunt went horribly wrong. >> look at this. an acrobat falling to his death in front of thousands of people and now the band green day taking some heat for taking the stage minutes afterward and adrienne is here. you've been covering the story. >>

. >>> president trump's pick to replace fired fbi director james comey has assured lawmakers he will remain independent. the confirmation hearing for christopher wray focused largely on the russia investigation. wray told senators he has no reason to doubt the intelligence community's assertion that russia meddled in the election. >> as the future fbi director, you consider this endeavor a witch-hunt. >> i do not consider director mueller to be on a witch-hunt. my loyalty is to the constitution, no one asked me for any kind of loyalty oath at any point during this process and i sure as heck didn't offer one. >> wray is a former high-ranking justice department official. he saided he'd be prepared to step down if the president asked him to do something illegal. it is to satisfy republicans and democrats. >>> let's take a look now at your weather. >> there's more rain and flooding on the way to the great lakes region today. the fox river is already at an all-time high. that's in burlington, wisconsin, after 7 inches of rain fell in a short period. there was also significant flooding nor

homeland security and the fbi say hackers have targeted nuclear and other facilities since may. some officials suspect the hack may have had origins in russia but authorities are still working to determine the motive and the source. operations at the facilities were not compromised. >>> and bill cosby has a new trial date. the retrial on sexual assault charges is scheduled for november 6th. jurors were unable to reach a verdict in the first trial. the same judge is presiding over the second trial. >>> well, if you paid $5 to the faa to register your drone you may be eligible for a refund. the u.s. court of appeals says requiring registration violates federal law. >> the faa is not allowed to make rules regarding model aircraft. the agency must also delete any data you provided. >>> all right, when we come back a youth soccer league is taking a big step asking parents to be quiet. >> that scene from the tour de france, riders taking evasive action because of what's blowing in the wind. amily wanted to keep the game going. son: hey mom, one more game? tech: with safelite, you get

long running fbi investigation led to 6 people close to the mayor. the mayor said the corruption did not reach to the top. he said he has no plans to resign. >> i want to make it clear to everyone, i have done nothing wrong. nor have i ever personally accepted a dime beyond my salary as mayor. i never accepted anything but legal campaign contributions. >> former reading mayor is accused of similar crimes for alleged scheme to boost contributions to his campaign which he lost. >>> senate republicans in pennsylvania will vote on a revenue plan to close a 2 billion-dollar hole in the state budget. it includes a new tax on the marcellus shale natural gas drilling and higher taxes on utility bills. governor wolf allowed 32 billion-dollar spending plan to become law without his signature earlier this month. the question is how will we pay for it. lawmakers have been harshing out hashing out how to come up with the money. this is not over because it could face opposition in the house. >>> the eagles hold their first full team practice this afternoon. vetera

to interfere with our elections from any nation state or any nonstate actor is the kind of thing the fbi would want to know. >> all right. so i'll take it we should call you and that's a great answer. >> not a lot of defense of that meeting on capitol hill but wray did do well. looks like he'll floyd to confirmation. >> reporter: democrats were very happy with him and also by the way corrected the president on the subject of james comey. made it clear that he fully -- he respects james comey. >> o. jon karl, i know you'll join me for our live coverage of the president's press conference around 12:25 eastern on abc. >> george, and now to the battle over health care. senate republicans are preparing to reveal a new version of their bill to repeal and replace obamacare. trying to rally support after so many false starts. our congressional correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with what we can expect. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, amy. well, senate republicans are stuck and it's unclear if this latest version of the health care bill is going to change that. the new ver

the fbi hasn't named as a suspect. we were unable to reach his attorney for comment. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> next, new developments in the brutal murders of four young men outside of philadelphia. cosmo dinardo charged in the death of all four victims. his cousin, sean kratz also charged in three of the alleged murders. abc's eva pilgrim is in pennsylvania. >> reporter: tonight, we're learning more about one of the two men behind bars, charged in the gruesome murders of four pennsylvanian men. authorities say cosmo confessed to the slaying, saying his cousin sean kratz helped. dean finocchiaro, thomas meo, mark sturgis and gymi patrick were missing for over a week. >> we're here to seek justice for them. and that's our commitment. >> reporter: authorities say cosmo admitted to murdering patrick on july 5th and told investigators he and kratz killed the three, saying he lured the men to the farm with the idea of buying marijuana. the case disturbing neighbors in this philadelphia neighborhood where kratz used to ha

. >> the president expressing frustration with the deputy attorney general and act fbi director, trump suggesting james comey was trying to use a salacious dossier as leverage against him. >> the president choosing the so-called failing "new york times" for that interview there. as for the probe it is moving forward, the president's son-in-law jar son-in-law jared kushner to meet with congress behind closed doors. >> so far, no word on whether they will indeed appear. all three men are expected to be asked about a meeting with a russian lawyer and any other potential russian contacts. >>> also break right now, doctors confirming senator john mccain is battling a brain tumor. >> arizona republican is 80 years old. the tumor was discovered last friday when mccain had a blood clot removed from above his left eye. they managed to remove all of the tumor that was visible on brain scans. >> mccain's wife cindy tweeting overnight that her husband is doing well. we are joined live with the latest. good morning. >> it is a tough diagnosis for a man known as one of the toughest senators on capit

on "inside story," a political legend and kingmaker in philadelphia is under fbi scrutiny. let's get the inside story on why. [ theme music plays ] ♪ >> good morning. welcome to "inside story." and let's meet our insiders today. they are donna gentile o'donnell -- welcome -- author and nonprofit executive. >> good morning, monica. >> glad to have you. brian tierney, marketing executive. >> good morning. >> david dix -- a new member of our panel -- a government-relations executive. welcome. we're looking forward to hearing your thoughts today. and ed turzanski, foreign-policy analyst. always good to see you with us, as well, ed. did a political icon in philadelphia pay off an opponent in 2012 not to run against him? that is the rumor that we're hearing from some fbi scrutiny that's going on of congressman bob brady, who's been in office 20-plus years. one of brady's aides, by the way, admits to playing a role in the alleged bribe, but many

. >> reporter: yesterday w patiene their records. 1,000 files were ceased by the fbi when they raided the office last month. >>> there's still much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. new this morning, why a mother of four is seeking refuge from authorities in a connecticut church. >>> plus a man had to be rescued after his barn collapses during strong storms in the midwest. back here at home, let's take you live outside, sky6 live hd giving you a beautiful image at the temple university campus overlooking center city. it's still hot out there. is there an end to the heat? chris has the answer and storms are on the way. "action news" continues in just a moment. introducing new parodontax. the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try new parodontax toothpaste. ♪ >> a mother of four who lives in the united states for two decades is fighting to stay in the county. she has taken sanctuary in a connecticut church an undoc

the fbi on that cruise ship. passengers interviewed and what we now know after a wife and mother is found dead. >>> the mystery illness. what is making the officers sick while driving their suv and patrol vehicles? >>> and the plane

. >> the fbi and other law enforcement kept up their work on the solebury township farm owned by the family of the person of interest in the disappearance of four young men. district attorney matt weintraub commented the team. >> they are tenderly, painstakingly, refer enshally recovering it's remains of people they do not even know. that they never even met. >> the large farm is owned by antonio and sandra dinardo parents of the person of interest, 20-year-old cosmo dinardo of bensalem. the dinardo parents were subpoenaed to appear at a grand jury and cosmo's attorney refused to answer questions. and bill goldman is a defense attorney not associated with this case. >> the witnesses are called before the grand jury so additional evidence can be obtained. as to the person of interest, as to his back grown and his mental status. >> cosmo dinardo was taken into custody for the sec time this week and charged with the theft of a car belonging to one of the missing men thomas meo. held on all cash bail now. weintraub announce that the remains of dean finocchiaro was identified after being

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the fbi is investigating the incident as an attack. for people that are allergic to stings, doctors are warning there is a lack of ingredient for one type of medication. they have stretching out time between doses. one of two manufacturers of the drug was shut down last year for contamination concerns. the shortage may not be resolved before next year. adam joseph back now with a closer look at the holiday forecast. over all, not a bad day. >> we had pop ups around the region. more coming in, in thursday and friday. looking at the weather center, my buddy pat sent me this photo he was at. a gathering on the rooftop in part of the city. the invasion of rain over south philadelphia as a downpour blossomed out of nowhere keeping half of the city sunny. you can see where the sky opened up right in the center of south philadelphia, cool shot there. as we get to wednesday tomorrow, sun and clouds, east southeasterly winds 6-12 miles per hour. keeping the shore cooler. inland, 80s. we break down the day for you tomorrow, 73 at 8:00 in the mor

the fbi and investigators on the scene discovering the bodies with help from cadaver dogs who detected the bodies buried some 12 feet below. abc's eva pilgrim is on the scene in bucks county, pennsylvania. >> reporter: tonight, new images of "person of interest" cosmo dinardo pointing a pistol. his stunning confession. >> he confessed to the murders of four young men. >> reporter: 24-year-old cosmo dinardo at mitting to the murders after other remains were found on his family's farm in a makeshift grave. >> we had cadaver dogs and i don't understand the science behind it, but those dogs could smell these four boys 12 1/2 feet below the round. >> reporter: investigators had been digging at the 90-acre site outside philadelphia for days. authorities pieces together a time line linking dinardo to the disappearances. they say around 4:00 p.m., sturgis went to meet meo. four hours later, license plate readers spot the car, and meo and sturgis failed to show up to work the next day. the authorities found meo's car in this garage with meo's life-saving diabetes medication still inside. this c

the fbi, state police and multiple local agencies have been involved. neighbors are stunned. >> it's sad 'cause solebury new hope is a beautiful little town and, you know, you hear this all the time. you never thought something like this would happen here. >> reporter: police have searched several properties belonging to the dinardo family including this home in bensalem. after that search police took 20-year-old cosmo dinardo in custody and charged him with illegal possession of a firearm. according to court documents, back in february, dinardo was found with a shotgun and ammunition despite a history of mental illness that includes an involuntary commitment. he's being held on 10 percent of $1 million bail and has not been called a suspect in this case. there is another press conference scheduled for 11 o'clock this morning and we hope to hear more updates on this case then t we're live in solebury township, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. jeanette. >>> today run thank you. >>> new from overnight, someone shot a man multiple times in philadelp

the fbi allegedly capturing him on audio surveillance explaining how he kidnapped zhang, brought her back to his apartment hen otherwise held her against her will. >> the entire family is very, very devastated. >> reporter: investigators have not yet found the graduate student's body. her family and friends distraught. >> very devastated just because everyone was really trying to spread awareness of what happened and trying to get her found. >> reporter: and the local newspaper is reporting the suspect even attended a vigil for zhang after she was reported missing. investigators are now following up on this case and trying to get whatever information possible. we're going to send it back to you, amy. >> incredibly disturbing and so sad, let's bring in former fbi former agent and abc news consultant brad garrett for more. we just heard alex reporting there that there are reports the suspect may have attended a vigil for the victim. how unusual is that? >> not unusual at all, amy. in fact, suspects attend funerals, they actually go on searches of people they have killed and so the idea

it is after all their property that the police and fbi are scouring. "action news" reporter bob brooks has more on this family both prominent in bensalem and solebury. >> reporter: jim, yes prominent family they own several businesses mostly in construction. they also own the property here in solebury at the center of this investigation. their son, cosmo, has been arrested but for charges unrelated to this case but is the person of interest in this missing persons case. >> police consider him a flight risk that is likely while cosmo has been arrested. after a weapons charge unrelated to the four missing men but he is the only one named as a person of interest. at his home we got no answer but spoke with a neighbor that wanted to give the family praise. >> they are very nice. >> and thinks highly of 20-year-old cosmo. >> he is a great kid always helping people. >> we found the dinardo to be linked to six businesses mostly construction and owns the 90 plus property at the center of the investigation every inch above grown and below it. >> we are using ma

he is under investigation by the fbi in the wake of a guilty plea by this woman. reverend carolyn cafnice. in 2012 she was a campaign aide for city judge jimmy moore who was challenging brady in the democratic primary but eventually $90,000 was transferred from brady's campaign to moore's when he dropped out of the race. >> she is guilty of falsifying reports and those reports related to the fact that one individual who was running for congress paid off the campaign expenses of his opponent in order to get his opponent to exit the race. >> today congressman brady's lawyer issued it statement saying he did nothing wrong and is cooperating and he purchased an extensive poll from candidate moore and hired his campaign manager to assist in the general election. if there was any wrong doing, by brady they need her and other aides to cooperate. >> it appears before the government could make a case against the congressman it would be necessary for people working for the congressman either these campaign cult ans or other people in the congressman's campaign to roll over

we have received help from the surrounding law enforcement agencies, pennsylvania state police, the fbi is offering their services. everyone has come together this is such a tragedy nobody should have to endure. i would like to express my appreciation for the surrounding law enforcement agencies, as well. last, but not least, everybody on social media, that can be our nemesis, but it went out like wildfire an everything transpired and we started getting closer and closer and everybody was behind us, that i think helped with the quick resolution, so on behalf of everybody and the west goshen police department thank you. >> you have a copy of the criminal complaint you have a copy of booking photo those were transmitted electronically to the various outlets at the beginning of the news conference, you have that, as well. the officers have not gotten much sleep this is an on going investigation there's a lot to do but we'll take a few questions before they break. >> you're basically saying because this guy couldn't merge into a lane he pulled out a gun and shot bianca roberson? >> the exac

the fbi is investigating a pay to play scheme involving allentown city hall. since last july. the assistant finance director and former city controller plead guilty to federal crimes. >>> a crucial move on the health care in the u.s. senate this afternoon as senators voted to start debating republican legislation to start repealing barack obama's affordable care act. mike pence voted to break the tie. and senator john mccain, returned to washington to cast his vote. the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer last week. david muir will have more on the vote and senator mccain. coming up at 6:30 after "action news." >>> dramatic moments on the ben franklin bridge overnight when it was temporarily closed due to police activity. two people climbed up the tall towers and turns out they were photographers and tonight they are facing charges. sara bloomquist is live near the ben franklin bridge with the full story. >> reporter: rick, those two daredevil photographers, walked up the cable on this side of the bridge to the first tower, they did not get a chance to snap a si

which is not an appropriate thing for a president to ask the head of the fbi. unless he's planning to do the right thing and marry him, that is. [ laughter ] and trump told comey he had nothing to do with russia, had not been involved with hookers in russia. and he always assumed he's been recorded. i love that he denied being involved with hookers in russia. let me tell you, bill clinton must be laughing his ass right now. wherever the hell he is. [ cheers and applause ] so then because these were uncomfortable conversations comey told the attorney general, jeff sessions, he did not want any future direct communication with president trump. melania said the same thing, by the way. [ laughter ] it didn't work out for either of them. so tomorrow will be an interesting day. today is an interesting day. i don't know if you know this, but today is the vice president's birthday. mike pence. i know this because one of our writers got an e-mail yesterday from karen pence, his wife. the subject you see, hi, do you have a minute? michael's birthday. "friend, it has been

president trump's pick tory place comey in the fbi. asked about loyalty to the president and what the president said just today, that this is all a witch hunt. how his nominee answered. abc's justice correspondent, pierre thomas in the room. >> reporter: after firing previous fbi director james comey, president trump's pick to replace him, chris wray, facing intense scrutiny today. grilled about everything from the loyalty to the president to don junior. >> if you get a call from somebody suggesting that the foreign government wants to help you by disparaging your opponent, tell us to call the fbi. >> from any nation state or any nonstate actor is the kind of thick the fbi would want to know. >> i'll take we should call you and that's a great answer. >> reporter: after those one-on-one meetings between president trump and james comey, the new mom knee was asked, what would he do? >> if the president asked you to do something unlawful or unethical, what would you say? >> first, i would try to talk him out of it, and if that failed, i wo

an fbi s.w.a.t. team arresting a sergeant first class in honolulu. he is accused of swearing allegiance in isis, attempting to pass military documents to the terror group. there are celebrations in iraq tonight in the fight against isis. the prime minister in mosul declaring, quote, absolute victory against isis. the u.s. coalition commander supporting the iraqi troops calling it a decisive blow. some remain inside the city, and after years of war, mosul is now the scene of a humanitarian cries crisis. >>> back here at home, you remember the pictures of chris kiss ti on the beach closed to the public. today, the governor guest hoet hosting on sports radio, and some of the callers giving hip an earful. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: today, on one of america's most popular sports radio shows, america's least popular governor. new jersey's chris christie was feeling the heat for that family beach day on the jersey shore. >> mike in montclair. what's up, mike? >> governor, next time you want sit on a beach that is closed to the entire world exce

when al gore's campaign got a stolen briefing book they called the fbi. i can't believe anyone i've worked with in campaigns if they got an e-mail saying the crown prosecutor of russia has information, official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia that would be useful to your father and part of the russian government support, an adversary of the united states. he gets that e-mail and says, i love it. the president believes that that's appropriate? >> no, i didn't say that. the president was not aware of this, george, until very recently by his lawyers and did not see the e-mail when we all saw it yesterday. so to put this in the president's lap i think is really inappropriate. number one, as i said, the president wasn't aware of the meeting. didn't attend the meeting and did not find out about the e-mail exchange until very recently and no one saw on my side -- i had not seen the e-mails for instance as one of the lawyers until yesterday. >> that does raise another set of questions. "the new york times" is

. >>> a former fbi agent said the confession will aid investigators for the clues in the case. >> it will allow them to process the scene faster. he will tell them is there more than one spot where the bodies are burieded how did he kill them. these are things they would have to put together like a jigsaw puzzle from the forensic evidence they have to recover. but with him providing information, obviously, presumably, they are trusting the information he is providing a >> anyone with information go to tips fbi.gov. right now we have the latest on the confession along with the timeline of this massive investigation. >> it's 5:36 a.m., new this morning, president trump is taking part in bastille day celebrations in paris. this is president macron and trump celebrating with a parade, over the champ elysees. . >> nothing came of the meeting, and i think it is a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. >> a moment of sticking out for some, president trump was captured on video commenting on the french first lady's figure, telling her you're in good shape beautiful,

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. >> this was an investigation the fbi completed and closed. let's get more from pierre thomas over at the justice departme department. the attorney general hanging in there up till now. >> reporter: he had been hoping that the president's anger would dissipate. that's not happening and the tweets make it clear the president is still angry about this and, look, at the end of the day everyone at the justice department is watching. can the attorney general continue to do his job under these circumstances when it's clear that the president increasingly does not have confidence in him. >> but, pierre, we have all -- there's no law but we've had all kinds of norms against the president interfering in investigations like this, all kinds of rules and norms and traditions built up that the president doesn't order an investigation into his defeated opponent. >> reporter: look, george, tradition has been at the white house and the president do not apply political pressure on the justice department with regards to criminal investigations. they're supposed

. >> police and fbi are asking are for your help to identify this man that held up a bank in port richmond today. he only used a demand note, he's considered armed and dangerous. >>> last night a police chase and shooting in delaware. 23-year-old jonathan dry burg faces charges of murder after shooting at a police officer. it started with an alleged purse robbery. when police tried to stop him, he exchanged fire with an officer and took off running. no one was hurt. police arrested a 16-year-old accused of taking part in the robbery. >>> historic bone in old city have gone missing before researchers could study them. 70 skeletons were excavated when crews building an apartmentment building stumbled upon them. it was from ap a burial ground m 1807. 12 sets of bones are missing. it is still a mystery tonight. >>> a new jersey veteran who was adopted got the thrill of a lifetime when he was reunited with his birth family. it took years of searching but they met for the first time in burlington. >> i feel i'm standing outside of my body looking at someone else's story unfolding. >> "action new

she and her husband also own a farm in solebury that was being searched with heavy equipment by the fbi earlier. and she owns a home in the 2800 block of aqua ton road in solebury that was also being searched on sunday night. for the record, she and her husband have not been named as suspects in the case and authorities would not say if they have questioned their son cosmo in connection with any of this. but "action news" has now learned that cosmo has been taken into custody for an unrelated weapons charge dating back to february. his bail has now been set at $1 million. so, it's apparent authorities don't want him going anywhere while they sort this thing out. and clearly there was a reason why authorities are focusing so much attention on properties owned by the dinardos. authorities say they're not exactly sure what they're going to find here at this home but ostensibly they're looking for any physical and or forensic computer and telecommunication evidence that could shed light on the disappearances of these four young men. that's the very latest from here for now live here in bens